Bumper guard



J. H. GOULD I BUMPER GUARD Feb. 35, 3938.

Filed March 27, 1957 Patented F eb. 15, 1938 BUMPER GUARD Jay H. Gould, Royal Oak, Mich., assignor to Oakes Products Corporation, Detroit, Mich, a corporation 'of Michigan Application March 27, 1937, Serial No. 133,322 3 Claims. (01.293 55) This invention relates to bumper guard strucfront wall [3 of the adapter plate is deflected to ture which may be applied at any desired locaprovide forwardly extending aligning ribs or tion on the horizontal impact bar of the front beads I6 to form a vertically extending groove and rear bumpers of an automobile, but which is ii for receiving the guard body A at its recesses 5 particularly useful and desirable for location at !2, the curvature or convexity of the grooved 5 the middle of the impact bar so that when placed bottom accurately fitting the recesses I?! of the at the middle of the impact bar of the front, guard body so as to provide a secure seating for bumper structure it will ahord protection for the the body, the ribs or beads l6 being shaped to radiator and the grille in front thereof, and be engaged along their entire extent by the side 10 when applied at the middle of the impact bar of wall portions H of the guard body so that the 10 the rear bumper structure it will serve to protect guard body will be held in proper vertical alignstructure at the rear of the vehiclesuch as a ment on the plate and relative to the impact spare tire and its support. bar C.

An important object of the invention is to Any suitable means or arrangement may be form the guard structure of two separate mememployed for clamping the guard body and 15 bers, one member being the bumper guard body adapter plate assembly to a bumper bar. As which extends vertically in front of a bumper shown, upper and lower clamping bolts l8 may impact bar, and the other member being in the be provided anchored by their heads to cross form or" an adapter plate shaped to afford secure plates E9 in the guard body and extending rearseating thereon of the bumper guard body and in wardly and spaced vertically apart a sufficient 20 turn shaped to securely seat against the front distance to receive between them the bumper imface of the impact bar. pact bar C, a bar 20 receiving the bolts and A further important object is to provide an against which the bolt nuts 28 engage. The cenarrangement in which a single design bumper ter portion 28' of the clamping bar may be de 25 guard body may be associated with a suitable sefiected or convexed forwardly to fit the rear side 25 ries of adapter plates to accommodate various of the bumper impact bar and to afford additional shapes of bumper impact bars, with the adapter vertical supports for the bar structure. The plates susceptible of a number of artistic variaplates IS may be secured to the side walls H of tions for differentiating one installation from the guard body by welding.

another. If further security is desired, a bolt 22 may be 30 The above enumerated and other features of provided intermediate the bolts [8 and anchored the invention are incorporated in the structure to a plate 23 welded to the side walls of the guard shown on the drawing, in which drawingg body, and this bolt 22 will then extend through a Figure l is a front elevation of the bumper bolt hole 24 in the wall I3 of the plate B and guard. assembly mounted on an impact. bar; through the bolt hole 25 in the bumper bar and 35 Figure 2 is a section on plane II-II, Figure 1; through a bolt hole in the clamping bar 29 for Figure 3 is an enlarged section on plane reception of a nut 26.

III-III, Figure 1; and The guard body may be of a standard con- Figure 4 is an enlarged section on plane struction and design, and backing plates of dif- 0 IVIV, Figure l. ferent shapes for ornamental appearance may 40 The guard body A is formed of suitable sheet be associated therewith, the front of the backing metal and is of V-shaped cross section to present plates being always shaped to seat and align the front impact wall or crest portion Ill and the guard body but the rear side or the side the inclined side wall portions H. These walls flanges of the plates are differently recessed for H, at the rear thereof, have recesses I! of fixed receiving different types of bumper structure im- 45 shape and contour, the recesses shown being genpact bars. The outer bolts 18 on the guard body erally convexed forwardly. will be sufficiently far apart to accommodate The adapter plate or base B is also formed of bumper bars of difierent Width. The backing sheet metal and as shown, comprises a front wall plate B shown is of keystone shape and may :3 from which marginal flanges l4 extend reardesignate one type of automobile, but the plates 50 wardly. These marginal portions or flanges have may be made of difierent shapes, contours or recesses l5 of a size and contour to receive a ornamentation for designating other types of bumper structure impact bar C and to accurately automobiles. In other words, the plates may fit the front face transverse curvature of the bar. serve as escutcheons for identifying different Inwardly of the marginal or side flanges [4, the types of automobiles. 55

The guard assembly may be located at any desired point on a bumper bar. The guard body of the assembly shown is slender and extends a comparatively long distance above the bumper bar, this type of assembly being therefore desirable and useful for location at the middle of a bumper bar. When placed at the middle of a front bumper bar, the guard body will protect the radiator and the grille in front thereof on an automobile, and, when placed at the middle of a rear bumper bar, structure on the rear of the vehicle, such as a spare tire or its support, will be better protected against impact by bump ers on other cars. By making the guard body slender and slim, it will offer the least amount of obstruction to air current passing into the radiator when the guard structure is mounted upon the middle of the front bumper bar.

I have shown a practical and efficient embodi ment of the various features of my invention but I do not desire to be limited to the exact construction and arrangement shown and described as changes and modifications may be readily made without departing from the scope of the invention.

I claim as follows:

1. In bumper guard structure, a guard body having a seating recess in its rear side, and an adapter plate wider than said body for seating against the front face of an impact bar, the front side of said adapter plate being shaped to receive the guard body recess to form a secure seat for said body, the rear side of said plate being recessed to fit the curvature of a bumper impact bar, and means for clamping said body and plate together and to an impact bar.

2. A bumper guard structure comprising a body part for receiving impacts, a separate mounting for said body in the form of an adapter plate wider than said body part to be interposed between said body and a bumper impact bar, the rear side of said body and the front side of said plate having interfitting parts for securely seating said body against said plate, the rear side of said plate being shaped to fit the curvature of the front face of an impact bar, and clamping means for clamping said body and plate together and to an impact bar.

3. A bumper guard assembly comprising a vertical guard member for extending vertically in front of a bumper impact bar, a separate seating member for said guard member in the form of an adapter plate, said guard member being recessed on its rear side, means defining a vertically extending channel in the front side of said plate and shaped to receive said guard memberand to fit the recess thereof, the rear side of said plate being shaped to receive a bumper impact bar and to fit the curvature of the front face thereof, and means for securing said guard member and plate together and to an impact bar.

4. A bumper guard assembly comprising an impact bar and a separate adapter plate therefor, said adapter plate having a vertically extending groove in its front side for accurately receiving and seating the impact bar for vertical extension thereof in front of a bumper bar, the rear side of said plate being shaped for intimate engagement with the front face of a bumper bar, and means for clamping said impact bar and said plate together and to an impact bar.

5. A bumper guard assembly comprising a guard bar, an adapter plate extending laterally beyond the sides of said guard bar, means on the front side of said adapter plate for holding said bar in vertical position thereon, the rear side of said adapter plate being shaped to fit the front face of a horizontal bumper bar, said guard bar being hollow, and clamping means anchored in said hollow guard bar for clamping said bar and plate to a horizontal bumper bar, said clamping means being spaced to receive the bumper bar between them.

6. A bumper guard assembly comprising a guard bar and a separate adapter plate therefor, said plate having ribs extending forwardly and vertically thereon to define a channel for receiving and seating the guard bar in vertical position on the plate, the rear side of said plate being shaped to fit the front face of a bumper bar to which the guard assembly is to be applied, and clamping means for seeming the guard bar and adapter plate together and to a bumper bar.

7. A bumper guard structure comprising a guard body, a plate Wider than said body and interposed between said body and a bumper impact bar, the rear side of said body and the front side of said plate having interfitting parts for securely seating said body against said plate, the rear side of said plate being shaped to fit the curvature of the front face of an impact bar, and clamping means for clamping said body and plate to an impact bar.

8. A guard assembly for bumper impact bars comprising a guard bar, a plate wider than said guard bar serving as a support and escutcheon, said plate being shaped at its front and rear sides to fit the contour of said guard bar and the impact bar respectively, and means for securing said guard bar to an impact bar with the plate clamped therebetween.

JAY H. GOULD. 

